2010 Monte Carlo Rally

2010 monte logo.png 2010 Monte Carlo Rally 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season 2010 Rally International of Curitiba MCO Monaco Monte Carlo January 19 23 2010 Tarmac and Ice FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR M-Sport Ltd. 63 36 The 2010 Monte-Carlo Rally, officially 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, was the first round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The rally took place over January 19–23, 2010. Introduction The rally started in Valence on Tuesday 19 January covering 1668 km mi on including 405 km mi on on fifteen special stages. New to the IRC Championship, a 9 km mi on prologue was held on Tuesday evening to determine the starting order for Wednesday's stages. Stages were run both during the day and at night and included the famous Col de Turini. Entrants for the event included the current IRC Champion Kris Meeke who was seeded at number 1, Formula One driver Robert Kubica, WRC stars Mikko Hirvonen and Toni Gardemeister and Rally Scotland winner Guy Wilks. http://www.rallybuzz.com/monte-carlo-rally-entry-list-2010/ Scott Coursey 2010 Rallye Monte Carlo: Entry List – Meeke number 1 seed rallybuzz.com RallyBuzz 2010-01-11 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120220132657/http://www.rallybuzz.com/monte-carlo-rally-entry-list-2010/ 2012-02-20 dead The event saw the debut of the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car. A total of 63 crews entered the rally including nineteen S2000 cars. Results Finn Mikko Hirvonen driving the Ford Fiesta in competition for the first time and making his debut in the IRC, led the event from start to finish.http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1496 Monte triumph delights Hirvonen ircseries.com Intercontinental Rally Challenge 26 October 2010 23 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110723190016/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1496 23 July 2011 http://www.ircseries.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/20102194742.1.RACE.pdf Final Official Classification ircseries.com Intercontinental Rally Challenge pdf 26 October 2010 25 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100928155225/http://ircseries.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/20102194742.1.RACE.pdf 2010-09-28 dead Overall Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta S2000 4:32:58.5 0.0 10 2. FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Škoda Fabia S2000 4:34:49.9 1:51.4 8 3. FRA Nicolas Vouilloz FRA Benjamin Veillas Škoda Fabia S2000 4:36:17.6 3:19.1 6 4. FRA Stéphane Sarrazin FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci Peugeot 207 S2000 4:40:24.0 7:25.5 5 5. CZE Jan Kopecký CZE Petr Starý Škoda Fabia S2000 4:41:47.2 8:48.7 4 6. GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh Škoda Fabia S2000 4:42:23.0 9:24.5 3 7. POR Bruno Magalhães POR Carlos Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 4:42:43.9 9:45.4 2 8. FRA Jean-Sébastien Vigion BEL Stéphane Prevot Peugeot 207 S2000 4:46:32.0 13:33.5 1 Special stages DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Prologue(19 Jan) SSS 18:38 Lente – Col de Gaudissart 8.83 km FIN Toni Gardemeister 6:54:2 76.75 km/h none*Leg 1(20 Jan) SS1 11:51 Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël 27.27 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 16:01.4 102.11 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS2 12:59 St-Pierreville – Antraigues 45.17 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 30:54.2 87.70 km/h SS3 15:02 Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël 27.27 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 15:49.7 103.37 km/h SS4 16:10 St-Pierreville – Antraigues 45.17 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 30:45.9 88.09 km/hLeg 2(21 Jan) SS5 10:13 Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux 25.30 km FRA Nicolas Vouilloz 17:38.5 86.05 km/h SS6 10:55 St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid 25.67 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 17:19.7 88.88 km/h SS7 12:20 Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière 21.92 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 14:43.0 89.37 km/h SS8 15:28 Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux 25.30 km FIN Juho Hänninen 16:36.8 91.37 km/h SS9 16:10 St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid 25.67 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 15:51.1 97.16 km/h SS10 18:05 Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière 21.92 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 15:03.0 87.39 km/hLeg 3(22 Jan) SS11 09:23 Montauban sur l'Ouvèze – Eygalayes 30.42 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 23:18.5 78.31 km/h SS12 19:15 Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie 18.42 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 13:23.4 82.54 km/h SS13 19:48 Lantosque – Lucéram 19.13 km FRA Stéphane Sarrazin 14:12.9 80.75 km/h SS14 23:20 Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie 18.42 km FIN Juho Hänninen 13:52.3 79.67 km/h SS15 23:53 Lantosque – Lucéram 19.13 km FRA Stéphane Sarrazin 14:40.2 78.24 km/h * The super-special set the running order for the first leg with the top ten running in reverse order from where they finished. References External links The official website of the Automobile Club de Monaco The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2010 Rally Monte Carlo Rally Monte